• DocumentCode
    2387033
  • Title

    A Self-Tuning Dynamic Voltage Scaled Processor Using Delay-Error Detection and Correction

  • Author

    Das, Shidhartha ; Roberts, David ; Lee, Seokwoo ; Pant, Sanjay ; Blaauw, David ; Austin, Todd ; Mudge, Trevor ; Flautner, Krisztian

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI
  • fYear
    0
  • fDate
    0-0 0
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we present the implementation and silicon measurements results of a 64bit processor fabricated in 0.18mum technology. The processor employs a delay-error detection and correction scheme called Razor to eliminate voltage safety margins and scale voltage 120mV below the first failure point. It achieves 44% energy savings over the worst case operating conditions for a 0.1% targeted error rate at a fixed frequency of 120MHz
  • Keywords
    error correction; error detection; microprocessor chips; scaling circuits; 0.18 micron; 64bit processor; Razor; delay-error detection; dynamic voltage scaled processor; error correction; Clocks; Delay; Dynamic voltage scaling; Error analysis; Flip-flops; Frequency; Latches; Metastasis; Silicon; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Circuit Design and Technology, 2006. ICICDT '06. 2006 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Padova
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0097-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICICDT.2006.220829
  • Filename
    1669416